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Cathy Polinsky

Investor

Investor at Operator Collective

San Mateo, California

Writes $500K – $1.5M checks · typically $1M

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Experience

  1. SemgrepCo-CTO and SVP of Engineeringcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. DataGrailBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. DataGrailChief Technology Officer2022 — 2025
  4. The Nueva SchoolHead Swimming and Diving Coachcurrent2024 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
  5. Operator CollectiveLPcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. AetionBoard Director2020 — 2025
  7. ShopifyVP of Engineering2021 — 2022
  8. Stitch FixCTO2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  9. salesforce.comSVP/VP of Engineering, Enterprise Search2014 — 2016
  10. salesforce.comVP of Engineering, work.com2013 — 2014
  11. salesforce.comSr. Director of Software Development, Platform Engineering2009 — 2013
  12. Yahoo!Sr. Engineering Manager2005 — 2009
  13. OracleSenior Software Engineer2004 — 2005
  14. BizGenicsSoftware Engineer2001 — 2003
  15. AmazonSoftware Development Engineer1999 — 2001
  16. Cendant Internet EngineeringSoftware Developer1998

Skills & more

Enterprise Software5Salesforce.comSaaS13Java5Databases3Perl7REST4Hadoop3Software as a Service (SaaS)2Representational State Transfer (REST)1Linux1Search
+12 moreBoard LevelBoard of DirectorsData AnalysisAthlete DevelopmentLifeguardingScalabilityDistributed SystemsAgile MethodologiesCloud ComputingScrumSoftware EngineeringSoftware Development

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Colleagues at Operator Collective

Allison Barr Allen
Investor at Operator Collective
Anna Jacobson
Partner & Chief AI Enablement Officer at Operator Collective
Anu Bharadwaj
President, Atlassian at Operator Collective
Caroline Caswell
Marketing Partner at Operator Collective
Claire Hughes Johnson
Corporate Officer, Stripe at Operator Collective
Dan Scheinman
Board Director: Zoom, Arista, Sentinel One at Operator Collective
Dana Marohn Spiliotis
Partner at Operator Collective
Elena Gomez
President & CFO, Toast at Operator Collective

Frequently asked questions

Who is Cathy Polinsky?
Investor at Operator Collective
Where does Cathy Polinsky work?
Cathy Polinsky is at Operator Collective.
What check size does Cathy Polinsky write?
Cathy Polinsky typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.
Where did Cathy Polinsky go to school?
Cathy Polinsky studied at Swarthmore College (BA, Computer Science).

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